Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Wanjiru Njoya
“In ‘Government by Judiciary: The Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment’ Raoul Berger argues that the Fourteenth Amendment is treated by activist judges as a platform for ‘social and political revolution.’ In theory, the role of the courts is to interpret the Constitution not to amend it. Nevertheless, by treating the Fourteenth Amendment as a ‘vague and elastic’ tool designed to forge a brave world of racial equality, progressive judges have conferred revolutionary powers on themselves.” (09/30/25)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-fourteenth-amendment-empowers-judicial-activism